An important part of your writing career may be awards, prizes, or publication credits in your résumé. I’ve had a quick look around and found a few that may interest you. Before you choose a competition to enter, you may want to read the blog post immediately before this one.Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian Youth

Categories: Poetry junior (grades 7-9) and senior (grades 10-12). Fee: FreePrizes: First: $350 Second Place: $300 Third Place: $250 All winning poems will be published in the LCP’s e-zine, Re:verse at www.youngpoets.ca. All winners will receive Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian Youth certificates and student membership in the LCP for one year. Deadline:January 15, 2013.

Fee: FreePrize: First prize: a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Young Writers’ Workshop (value $US2,275).All winners will be published in The Kenyon Review. Details: open to American and Canadian young writers in sophomore (grade 10) and junior (grade 11) years in high school.Deadline:November 30, 2012

The Writing Conference, Inc ContestTopic: CourageCategories: Fiction, Nonfiction, PoetryFee: FreePrize: First-place winners in each category receive a plaque; second- and third-place winners receive certificates. In addition, these winners may choose to have their writing published in The Writers' Slate. Details: Writing submitted must be relevant to the topic selected for each category. Open to international and American young writers.Deadline:January 8, 2013

Categories: Fiction, PoetryFee: FreePrize: Winning poems and stories will be published on the Fire Escape. Winner in each category: $50Details: Submit an original, unpublished poem or piece of prose (fiction or non-fiction) that reflects some of the joys and struggles of growing up between two cultures in America. You must be an immigrant or internationally adopted teen (or a teen with one immigrant parent) currently living in the United States or Canada.Deadline:June 1, 2013

Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, PoetryFee: FreePrize: VariesDetails:Figment is a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors.Deadline: Ongoing

If anyone wants to know, on figment, I'm Toni Axen. There's a YWC group that I made, so please, feel free to join it! Figment is totally amazing and gives the most amazing opportunities for young writers!

Maggie Bolitho

11/13/2012 14:23:38

That's a great site, Isobel. I like your avatar! Anyone trying to find it can go here: Figment YWC -